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Christmas Tree Pendant and Earrings
Step-by-step photos help you to create a swirly plastic necklace pendant with matching earrings from AMACO, perfect for the holidays. The Christmas tree pendant and earrings are festive, yet stylish. Give friendly plastic a try!
- Friendly Plastic® 7" sticks - Green, Avocado, Dark Teal, Print Green, Swirl and Black
- Craft knife
- Scissors
- Needle tool
- Small dish of cold water with a few drops of olive oil
- Griddle set at 200-300 degrees
- Non-stick baking sheet that fits flat on griddle surface
- Stylus
- Heat tool
- Sealer - Envirotex Lite or similar high gloss acrylic sealer
- Disposable mixing container and stir stick
- Straw
- Non-stick cookie sheet
- Round nose and needle nose jewelry pliers
- Wire cutters
- E 6000 glue
- Jewelry findings - antiqued brass, round filigree, 2 sparrows, circle link, 3 star shaped spacer beads, eye pins, chain, clasp, ear wires, jump rings
- Three flat backed Swarovski crystals
- Using scissors, cut the plastic sticks into random sized strips and triangles. This is a perfect project for using any scrap pieces of plastic left from previous projects.
- Pre heat the griddle. Place the baking sheet onto the griddle. One at a time, begin to arrange the triangles and strips in a patchwork pattern. Make sure each piece is stuck in place before adding the next. Try to press each piece tightly against the one before to prevent any gaps. Continue until all of the pieces have been added. Allow the plastic to soften and seal together. If any gaps do appear, simply tap over them with your finger pressing the softened plastic together.
- When all the plastic has softened and sealed together, place the teeth of the marbling comb against the baking sheet and draw the comb through the plastic in a wavy "S" pattern.
NOTE: It is very important that you keep the teeth of the comb against the pan while cutting through the plastic. If you only rake over the top, you split the metallic finish and take the chance of exposing too much of the base plastic.
- Remove the pan from the griddle. Allow the plastic to cool. You may place the pan under cold running water to speed the cooling process along. Use the needle tool to press under the edges of the cooled plastic and remove it from the pan. On the reverse side of the plastic, using a stylus, trace one large and two small tree templates. Do the same of the reverse side of a stick of black plastic. Following the indented lines created by the stylus, cut out the trees using scissors.
- Apply the envirotex lite sealer following the manufacturer's instructions.
Note: I like to place my pieces on a non stick cookie sheet. This way if there is any run off, it will be easy to remove later. Once I have the envirotex mixed, I like to pour it into a small squeeze bottle. The application will be more precise and much easier. Blow softly through a straw to pop any air bubbles that remain. Allow to dry at least 12 hours if there has been any run off. Remove the piece from the pan by pressing the needle tool under it and lifting. The resin is still soft enough that you can cut the excess off with a scissors. Envirotex cures completely in 24 hours.
- To create the earring components, heat and soften the back of the small black tree using the heat tool. You don't want to soften the whole piece, just the surface, enough to press the eye pin into place. Be careful not to touch the softened plastic with your fingers. Once the eye pin is in place, align the marbled tree on top and gently press the two together. Moisten your fingers with water and lightly rub around the edges of the component to smooth and secure the bond. Allow the components to cool completely. Repeat this step for the second earring component.
To create the large tree pendant, heat and soften the back of the large black tree using the heat tool. Once again, you don't want to soften the whole piece, just the surface, enough to press the filigree finding into place. Be careful not to touch the softened plastic with your fingers. Once the filigree piece is in place, align the marbled tree on top and gently press the two together.
- Gather the jewelry components to being assembly. Glue the stars onto the top of each tree, then glue a crystal into the center of each star. Allow glue to dry.
- Assemble the necklace and earrings according to the photo or as desired.
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I'm dowloading the earrings and necklace. They look like abalone even though they are not. But they are gorgeous.
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- From: David Poehlman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:51:22 -0400
- To: "Matt Morgan-May" <email@example.com>, "Henri Sivonen" <email@example.com>
- Cc: "HTML Working Group" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <email@example.com>
One of the stumbling blocks is that AT does make an effort to repair missing alt and if it didn't authors might have to work a bit harder to get what they want rendered. A lot of developpers know tha AT will repair alt no matter how dismally so don't even try. "image" is qauite enough for me thank you. All that extra "virtual" stuff is just so much blather if we can find a way to make use of what is there without cluttering things up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Morgan-May" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: "Henri Sivonen" <email@example.com> Cc: "HTML Working Group" <firstname.lastname@example.com>; "W3C WAI-XTECH" <email@example.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [html4all] HTML5 Alternative Text, and Authoring Tools On 5/13/08 12:47 AM, "Henri Sivonen" <email@example.com> wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 20:46, Matt Morgan-May wrote: > My point is to show that there are legitimate uses of HTML that cannot > accessible by everyone. Thus, we should not pretend that all uses of > HTML can be accessible by everyone. And later: > If we find that we want to support use cases that aren't accessible > for everyone, we have to decouple the accessibility evaluation axis > from the syntactic correctness evaluation axis. > > I think making Web resources accessible is a good thing. However, I > don't agree with defining useful but inaccessible Web resources out of > existence in order to make a complex thing appear simpler. Ah. I think this is one misunderstanding. _No_ content, HTML or other, can be perceived, operated, and understood by every person everywhere. (Human consumers of HTML content remain frustratingly analog in this respect.) There is no bright line where this is Accessible with a capital A, and that is not. We don't assume otherwise. What we do aim for in each situation is a case where the largest number of users possible can access the greatest amount of content most easily. Under no circumstances, however, is it acceptable to throw up one's hands and say, oh well, they can't make this HTML accessible anyway. _Especially_ not at the language level. In the case of @alt, we recognize that many applications of alt text are degradations from the original image. But we don't expect an expert analysis of Mona Lisa's intriguing smile whenever someone puts up a photo of the Mona Lisa. We require enough information to make sense of the semantics provided by the image, in the context of its surrounding document. For all content on the web, such information is available, and however degraded it may be, it still improves the overall accessibility of the document. I strongly disagree with the line of reasoning that there are use cases where @alt is in some way unnecessary or damaging to the extent that it should be optional. > The irony I'm seeing is that you seem to willing to exclude a tool > intended to improve the state of alt text from the universe of use > cases that HTML supports. I've already offered two solutions to this: one in the form of how it's done today, which is at worst redundant but still inoffensive; the other in the form of @noalt. >> If you want to improve the state of accessibility overall in HTML5, >> you >> should add an attribute to img for the case you're describing. That >> way, >> evaluation tools would know whether the omission was intentional or >> accidental, > > How would you address the issue of markup generators just throwing > that attribute in there to silence validators? I think you are now > hung up on evaluation *tools* being able to guess intent. Since when is parsing semantic code "guessing"? >> and we could easily spot bad actors by pulling up all the images >> on a page marked with that attribute and determining whether they >> communicate meaningful information. > > The Image Report already pulls all images up for determining whether > they communicate useful information. If there were a class of images > that it didn't pull up, wouldn't you expect the problems to > concentrate into the class of images it was known not to pull up? The image report _should_ pull up all images with @noalt in order for a human user to determine whether the images marked that way are in fact impossible to produce @alt for. It's not a get out of jail free pass. >> The UA's own image presence indicator on an image missing @alt is >> overridden >> by assistive technology, which looks for any other metadata it can >> find >> about the image, since it regards missing @alt as damage. QED. > > Here, I meant the whole thing the user uses to interact with Web > content when I said "UA". Whether it is browser plus AT or e.g. a > directly talking browser is an implementation detail. Whether the UA is defined with or without AT is immaterial. AT regards missing @alt as damaged content. > For example, in the case of Safari+VO on Leopard, the image presence > indicator is the UA speaking the word "image". Why the focus on VoiceOver? Because it comes with every Mac? The vast majority of people who require screen readers are using one of a handful of Windows-based screen readers (JAWS, HAL, Window-Eyes, etc.), each of which is years ahead of VO as far as HTML is concerned. (Yes, I have all of them installed, including VO.) Those users expect and receive better information than VO provides. When @alt is missing, they go scrounging for repair data, as they should -- as the "agent" of the "user". >> No, I'm afraid that people who are tired of HTML 4.01 requiring @alt >> will >> flock to HTML5 since it gives them the freedom to ignore accessibility >> wholesale. And that they'll take those bad practices back with them, >> and >> further pollute the already murky (X)HTML world. > > So you feel not ignoring accessibility hinges on making alt a > syntactic requirement. What about the rest of WCAG 2.0? Are you > already giving up on promoting the other issues covered by WCAG 2.0 > while taking what you feel is the most important bit and masquerading > it as something else? As I said before, this is only the most egregious example of accessibility taking a back seat in HTML5. And I have no idea where you get the idea I'd throw the rest of WCAG 2 under the bus just to get @alt back. That doesn't mean any accessibility-related feature brought on by WCAG 2 would need to be mandatory. But of the features that aren't already required for other reasons in HTML, @alt is the only one I can think of that is always potentially beneficial when present, and always damaging to accessibility when missing. > You (and others) are writing as if HTML 5 banned the alt attribute. It > did not ban it. That's a little hyperbolic, don't you think? We're bringing this up because it's a substantial issue, not simply to annoy you. Anyway, I trust that nobody would even suggest banning @alt, because the resulting backlash would make this thread look like a New Year's Eve party. >> Frankly, your validator and its feature aren't the issue, at least >> as far as >> this thread is concerned. They will do little if anything to improve >> the >> state of @alt relative to the alt text lost by being optional. > > That seems confusing. > > It seems to me that your advocacy point is that you want to make the > presence of the alt attribute a machine-checkable syntax requirement. > Isn't what you want validators to do precisely the issue then? > > If you aren't arguing that my validator should flag the absence of the > alt attribute as a syntax error, what *are* you arguing? My argument is about why @alt must be required. My problem right now is with the letter of the law, not how you propose to police it. >> An advisory >> message in a validator, however helpful, is not a forcing function >> in the >> same way a validity constraint is. > > A mere presence check doesn't force the value of the attribute to be > on the better side. At the atomic level, no. But you cannot argue that requiring @alt per spec in HTML has not resulted in more useful alt text on the web than there would have been had it been optional. Which is directly in line with my stated goal at the top of making more content more accessible to more people. >> Anybody who's evaluated a site that's "Bobby-approved" knows that. > > If there's anything to learn from Bobby, I think it is that a piece of > software can't tell if a page is accessible. Furthermore, I think it > is hurting your cause to suggest to people that software could tell if > a page is accessible. That's precisely my point. And I didn't suggest that, at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. The problem is that your approach is fundamentally no different from Bobby's, and given the relatively low success rate of casual Bobby users to make arbitrary HTML content more accessible, the idea of taking the constraint out of the spec and relying on your image report for conformance does not comfort me in the least. - m
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Lime and Coca-Cola® Partnership Encourages Recycling by Offering Free Rides
Today, we're thrilled to announce a partnership with Coca-Cola, aimed at rewarding people who are committed to recycling. To celebrate the nationwide availability of Coca-Cola Sip Sized™ bottles, made from 100% recycled plastic material (rPET)*, the companies are offering more than 40,000 free bike or e-scooter rides to people who purchase and pledge to recycle their 13.2oz, 100% rPET* Coca-Cola bottles.
This partnership comes as consumer demand for micromobility has skyrocketed, specifically among Gen Z, who expect their use of alternative modes of transit to increase in the future, compared to pre-pandemic transportation. Lime's mission is to expand access to sustainable transportation to everyone, regardless of ability, background or bank account, by offering a range of affordable, shared electric vehicles to make any trip, any time, anywhere. That's why Coca-Cola is partnering with us to make zero-emission modes of transportation more accessible to those hoping to reduce their impact on the environment.
"With sustainability so central to Lime's core values, we're thrilled to partner with Coca-Cola to encourage recycling of its new bottle made from 100% recycled materials*," said Sara Lannin, Head of Global Business Development and Partnerships at Lime. "Contributing to a healthier planet requires us all to live more sustainably, whether doing more to recycle or replacing car trips with light electric vehicles."
"The 13.2oz, 100% rPET* Coca-Cola bottle is just one of the many innovations the company has introduced to make important advancements towards a World Without Waste," said Brandan Strickland, Brand Director of Coca-Cola Trademark, Coca-Cola North America. "Now, with 13.2oz, 100% rPET* Coca-Cola bottles available at convenience stores across the nation, we're encouraging people to go the extra mile to commit to recycling our products again and again."
People who purchase the Sip Sized Coca-Cola bottle can pledge to recycle by visiting CokePlayToWin.com/endlesslyrefreshing to recycle their Sip Sized 100% rPET* Coca-Cola bottles. They will then receive a promo code via email – available on a first come, first serve basis – redeemable for a free, 10-minute bike or e-scooter ride through the Lime app.
Partnerships like this are a critical part of our Ride Green initiative and commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2030, adhering to a science-based target. We've already begun to take important steps, including phasing out fossil fuel vans for our operations, partnering with renewable energy providers to power our scooters and facilities, extending the lifespan of our vehicles and developing sustainable end-of-life processes for them and pushing our partners within our supply chain to reduce their carbon footprint as well.
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The men aboard the British warship HMS Jervis Bay had no illusions about
the deadly risks of steaming straight into the fire of a German pocket
battleship bent on blowing them out of the water.
"Our captain knew just what we were going to get, but it didn't
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Controcampo italiano, the section of the Venice International Film Festival that since 2009 has provided a highly acclaimed overview of new trends in Italian cinema, is revamping and expanding its programme. Starting with the next 68th edition (31 August – 10 September 2011) – directed by Marco Mueller and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta – it will present 7 narrative feature-length films, 7 short films and 7 documentaries, all world premiere screenings and all in competition in their respective categories, with two new Prizes for the short films and the documentaries.
The Jury of Controcampo italiano – chaired at the 68th Venice Film Festival by director Roberta Torre and including two other personalities from the world of cinema and culture – will therefore assign the following prizes with no split awards:
- Controcampo Award (for narrative feature-length films)
- Controcampo Award (for short films)
- Controcampo Doc Award (for documentaries)
The revamped and expanded programme of Controcampo italiano aims to demonstrate and advance the great ferment currently taking place in Italian cinema in all its forms, offering greater space to short and non-narrative films, and acknowledging the particular interest of our filmmakers in a rapid and direct representation of contemporary reality.
"In recent years," stated Director Marco Mueller "the Venice International Film Festival has done its best to tune into the underground currents and the visible and invisible waves of cinema around the world. Naturally it could not and cannot be unprepared to decipher, and in the best of cases, to anticipate the most vibrant tendencies in Italian film. The revitalization of a section such as Controcampo was a consequence of this wish to present and to foster the construction of new narratives, works in progress, along with explorations of potential scenarios in the narration of Italian film. Two years later, Controcampo cannot but accrue and diversify its experience as a showcase-laboratory and modulate its structure by "looking" at what is happening or will happen in our cinema".
The winning director for the best full-length narrative film will receive Euro 30,000 worth of negative film, offered by Kodak.
The winning director for the best short film will receive Euro 10,000 worth of negative film, offered by Kodak.
After only two editions, Controcampo italiano has already become one of the most important spaces for discovering the new talents in our cinema and launching them on the international scene.
In 2010 the section opened with the new film by acclaimed director Roberta Torre I baci mai dati (the story of a thirteen-year old from a poor neighbourhood in Catania, who one day began to pretend she could make miracles) and presented in competition for the Controcampo Award, 20 sigarette by Aureliano Amadei (the ambush in Nassiriya seen through the eyes of the only civilian survivor), Il primo incarico by Giorgia Cecere (the story of the "individual" liberation of a young woman in today's job market in Italy), A Woman, a psychological thriller with classic overtones by Giada Colagrande, Tajabone by Salvatore Mereu (five true stories of kids in the problematic suburbs of Cagliari), the documentary on the 150th anniversary of the union of Italy Ma che storia by Gianfranco Pannone, and the comedy about a more multicultural Naples Into Paradiso by Paola Randi.
The Jury chaired by Valerio Mastandrea and composed of Susanna Nicchiarelli and Dario Edoardo Viganò awarded the Premio Controcampo to 20 sigarette by Aureliano Amadei. After it was presented in Venice, the film was screened at more than 30 festivals and film series in Italy and abroad. At the David di Donatello, it won eight nominations and the David Giovani award, along with three other statuettes for best production, editing, and visual effects. The film also won a Nastro d'Argento for best sound. Two other debut films were also successful at the box-office, the film by Paola Randi, Into Paradiso (four nominations for the David di Donatello), and the film by Giorgia Cecere, Il primo incarico, which won two nominations at the Nastri d'argento, for the star Isabella Ragonese and for best art direction. The opening film, I baci mai dati by Roberta Torre, proved to be an international success: sold to ten countries, it was screened at the Sundance Festival (the only Italian film there), in Moscow, London and Tokyo.
At the first edition in 2009, the films in competition for the Controcampo Award were the documentaries Poeti by Toni D'Angelo (a journey into hidden metropolitan poetry to talk about Rome) and Negli occhi by Francesco Del Grosso and Daniele Anzellotti (about the life and career of Vittorio Mezzogiorno), Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti (about a group of friends on vacation disrupted by the arrival of a "kid that never grew up"), Dieci inverni by Valerio Mieli (ten years in a love story that leads two young people from Venice to Moscow), Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli (the education of an adolescent in the early Sixties) and the documentaries Hollywood sul Tevere by Marco Spagnoli (about twenty years of international cinema in Rome through the images of Cinecittà Luce), and Il Piccolo by Maurizio Zaccaro (about the history – and culture – of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan).
The Jury chaired by Carlo Lizzani and composed of Giulio Questi and Marina Sanna awarded the prize to the film Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli, which later participated in a number of international festivals in China, Russia, France, Spain, England, South America and won the Ciak d'Oro for Best Debut Film, in addition to two nominations for the Nastri d'argento and one David di Donatello. Another great success in the first edition of Controcampo italiano was Dieci Inverni, the directorial debut of Valerio Mieli, screened at over 50 festivals and winner of the David di Donatello and the Nastro d'Argento for best debut film. In addition, Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti, particularly acclaimed in Venice, was later selected for screening at many international festivals, including Beirut, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Seville.


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Malaysia flirts with Google over world's biggest data center
Hopes to taunt India and Vietnam with boxes
Always enjoyable and ambiguous "media reports" coming out of Malaysia have Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bragging that Google plans to build the world's largest data center in his country.
That's great news, right?
Uh, well sort of. Malaysia can expect to see upwards of $600m in hardware, software and construction services roll into town, which is nice. After that, though, Google usually employs only 200 workers at its largest data centers. Double that total for the "world's biggest" ad serving sweatshop, and you're looking at 400 workers getting paid to plug things in and mop the floor.
"They want to make their presence felt in Malaysia. It will be a big boost for our ICT (information and communications technology) industry," Abdullah told journalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to reports. Other reporters have Google taunting India and Vietnam as well with the prospect of inheriting the world's biggest data center. So Malaysia will need to do some serious groveling and offer sweet tax breaks to make sure they win the center from their Asian rivals. Give Oklahoma or Iowa a ring to see how it's done.
It used to be pretty sweet when a big company came to town, looking to build a massive factory. Hundreds if not thousands of workers stood to benefit. Sadly, it takes a lot less man power to plant a text ad near a search result.
Just how interesting will life get for the middle class as the Information Age really takes hold? ®


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The Churn Behind The Stable Rate For The Uninsured
At first glance, today's report from the U.S. Census Bureau on the number of Americans without health insurance in 2010 looks, well, a little dull. About 16.3 percent of people in the country were without health insurance, which "was not statistically different from the rate in 2009," the report points out.
But dig a little deeper and there's plenty of action.
Take, for instance, the 2-percentage-point increase in coverage for young adults aged 18 to 24. Long among the most likely to lack insurance, their uninsured rate dropped from 29.3 percent in 2009 to 27.2 percent.
Administration health officials think they know why. One provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults up to age 26 to stay on their parents' health plans. The increase reported by census officials "translates into 500,000 more young people with insurance," wrote Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a blog post on the department's website.
Now overall, the news remained pretty grim. While the raw number of people with health insurance rose slightly, to 256.2 million in 2010 from 255.3 million in 2009, so did the number of those without insurance, to 49.9 million from 49.0 million.
And the trend away from private coverage and toward public coverage continued. The percentage of the population with employer-provided insurance fell to 55.3 percent, from 56.1 percent the year before. Although, before you start yelling "job-killer" about the Affordable Care Act, that was a far smaller dip than the 3-percentage-point drop reported between 2008 and 2009. Meanwhile, the percentage of people covered by government health insurance grew to 31 percent from 30.6 percent in 2009.
One unexplained oddity is that among the subgroups of the uninsured that grew was the elderly; those over age 65. Thanks to Medicare, nearly all senior citizens have health insurance coverage, so their uninsured rate is traditionally the lowest in the population. In fact, many surveys on health insurance status don't even include seniors because it skews the results. But this year the uninsured rate for seniors popped up slightly, from 1.7 percent to 2 percent. Census officials said they were uncertain why.


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Treatments for specific types of multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma involves the bone marrow and often affects multiple (more than 1) bones or many areas in a bone. As a result, it is usually widespread by the time it is diagnosed. Multiple myeloma treatment is based on whether or not a person has symptoms of the disease.
Smouldering or indolent multiple myeloma (asymptomatic myeloma) @(Model.HeadingTag)>
People with smouldering, or indolent, multiple myeloma usually don't have treatment. You will go for regular tests every 3–6 months to look for signs that the disease is progressing to active multiple myeloma. This is called watchful waiting. You may have treatment for smouldering multiple myeloma:
- if you have a very high risk of developing multiple myeloma within 2 years of a diagnosis
- when the signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma appear or change
- if you are participating in a clinical trial
You have a very high risk of smouldering multiple myeloma developing into active multiple myeloma within 2 years of a diagnosis if you have the following:
- Plasma cells make up 60% or more of the blood cells in the bone marrow.
- The serum free light chain ratio is 100 or greater.
- An MRI shows more than one area of bone or bone marrow destruction (breakdown).
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People with active multiple myeloma have symptoms related to the disease. Your healthcare team will first decide whether or not you can have a stem cell transplant. This will help them choose which treatments you will have. The following are treatment options for active multiple myeloma. The types of treatments given are based on the unique needs of the person with cancer.
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There are 3 main treatment phases in active multiple myeloma.
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Induction therapy is the first phase of treatment for multiple myeloma. The goal of induction therapy for multiple myeloma is to lower the number of plasma cells (myeloma cells) in the bone marrow and the M-proteins made by the myeloma cells. Induction therapy often includes targeted therapy and other drugs such as chemotherapy or corticosteroids or both.
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Consolidation therapy for multiple myeloma is given after a stem cell transplant. It's a short course of chemotherapy, sometimes given with targeted therapy and a corticosteroid, which can help improve the outcome of a stem cell transplant.
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Maintenance therapy is given after other treatments to help multiple myeloma stay in remission. Maintenance therapy is used after a stem cell transplant or when chemotherapy is given alone. The drugs used in maintenance therapy are usually targeted therapy.
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The following are treatments for active multiple myeloma.
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Most people with multiple myeloma will be treated with targeted therapy. Targeted therapy may be used before a stem cell transplant or as part of treatment in people who can't have a stem cell transplant.
Targeted therapy is often first given as induction therapy. It may also be used right after a stem cell transplant (called consolidation therapy) and after consolidation therapy to help multiple myeloma stay in remission (called maintenance therapy).
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Chemotherapy is also a main treatment for multiple myeloma. Chemotherapy may be given before a stem cell transplant. Chemotherapy is first given as induction therapy and then again as high-dose chemotherapy (called conditioning) in preparation for a stem cell transplant. Chemotherapy may also be given right after a stem cell transplant (called consolidation therapy) and to help multiple myeloma stay in remission (called maintenance therapy). There are many types of chemotherapy drugs that are used to treat multiple myeloma.
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A stem cell transplant may be offered for active multiple myeloma. Your doctor will tell you if you are able to have a stem cell transplant. If you can have a stem cell transplant, you will have high-dose chemotherapy first to destroy the cells in the bone marrow.
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Radiation therapy may be used if other treatments, such as chemotherapy, aren't working and bone tumours are causing pain. Radiation therapy may also be used to prevent a fracture (break) in a diseased bone and to treat fractures or spinal cord compression.
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In rare cases, surgery may be used for multiple myeloma if there is spinal cord compression or to place metal rods or plates to support weakened bones and prevent or treat fractures.
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Supportive therapy is used to prevent or control health problems and complications related to active multiple myeloma. Supportive therapy for multiple myeloma includes the following.
Corticosteroids , such as dexamethasone (Decadron, Dexasone) and prednisone, help to lessen some chemotherapy side effects like nausea and vomiting.- Bisphosphonates help slow down bone destruction caused by myeloma cells.
- Denosumab (Xgeva) helps reduce the risk of bone problems caused by multiple myeloma.
Colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) help the body make new red blood cells and white blood cells.- Antibiotics and other drugs help prevent infection.
- Plasmapheresis is a procedure that helps remove M-protein from the blood, which can cause blood to thicken (called hyperviscosity). An M-protein is a type of immunoglobulin that is produced in higher than normal amounts in a person with multiple myeloma.
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A solitary plasmacytoma has some of the same characteristics of active multiple myeloma but instead of multiple tumours in the bone, there is only one tumour. The bone tumour is called a solitary plasmacytoma. The main types of treatment for a solitary plasmacytoma are:
- radiation therapy
- surgery to remove the tumour
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Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a unique type of multiple myeloma that starts outside the bone marrow (extramedullary) in soft tissues of the body, such as the nasal cavity or larynx. It is treated differently from multiple myeloma that affects the bone. The main types of treatment for an extramedullary plasmacytoma are:
- radiation therapy
- surgery to remove the tumour
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Relapsed disease means the cancer has come back (recurred) after it has been treated. Refractory disease means the cancer is resistant (does not respond) to the first or most recent treatment given.
You may be offered one or more of the following treatments for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma:
- watchful waiting (for people whose disease is stable)
- targeted therapy
- chemotherapy
- stem cell transplant (including those who have already had a stem cell transplant)
- radiation therapy
- supportive therapy
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Some clinical trials in Canada are open to people with multiple myeloma. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, find and treat cancer. Find out more about clinical trials.


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Long before Rodney Dangerfield went Back to School, Bing Crosby was hangin' with the college co-eds in High Time. The 1960 Blake Edwards film plays dated these days, though what now seems like a pitch straight down the middle probably seemed more like a screwball fifty-two years ago. "Der Bingle" gets to sing a couple of tunes and impress the youngsters on screen, if not in real life.
Shaving five years off his own age, Crosby plays fifty-one-year-old Harvey Howard, a widowed, wealthy burger-chain owner who decides to get the college education—and experience—he once forewent. His bemused grown children (Nina Shipman and Angus Duncan) actively disapprove, but Harvey won't be dissuaded, and immediately gets into the swing of campus life with Pinehurst College dorm roomies Gil Sparrow (pop idol Fabian), Bob Bannerman (Richard Beymer), and T.J. Padmanagham (Patrick Adiarte) and their ever-present female friend Joy Elder (Tuesday Weld). A go-getter with years of experience getting things got, Harvey has a knack for winning friends and influencing people. Wherever he goes, though he just wants to be treated like any other student, Harvey can't help being the campus hero.
Working from a story by Garson Kanin, screenwriters Tom Waldman & Frank Waldman lay a four-year trail of uninspired silliness and wan romance. The material makes a reasonably comfortable fit for Crosby—perhaps too comfortable, since his teenage chums immediately accept him as a hep cat, cutting off an avenue of potential conflict. That leaves Harvey to prove his mettle as a fraternity pledge (an excuse to stick Crosby in drag), to overcome his kids' stodgy resistance (a fifties' role reversal: see what they did there?) and, most importantly, to manage his affections for French Lit professor Helene Gauthier (Nicole Maurey), lest he cause a campus brouhaha (sorry, Harvey: no chance of avoiding that one in a Blake Edwards comedy).
The campus comedy includes such iconic imagery as a freshman bonfire, a hay ride, that bygone fad of students cramming into a phone booth, and an orderly student protest (never mind the torches: these kids politely hear out the dean). The film's most distinctive element are the colorful, dynamic scene and act transitions, which anticipate the MTV style by a couple of decades (less exciting: a drippy Fabian singing "Foggy Foggy Dew"). An energetic Beymer shows some youthful wattage just before landing the role of Tony in West Side Story, while Filipino actor Adiarte must suffer the thankless, token Indian role. Weld has to play within the tight range of flighty to fickle as she constantly reinvents herself for men; what could have been a bit of dicey sexual politics instead inspires a solid admonishment from Bing: "She's just trying to figure out who she is, like the rest of us."
Despite these and other familiar faces (Gavin McLeod as a comic-punching-bag/professor and Yvonne Craig as a flirty co-ed), and Henry Mancini's typically sprightly assist to Edwards, this is Bing's world, and they're just living in it. The star sings the Oscar-nominated "The Second Time Around" ("Nobody's Perfect" and Fabian's "Be My Girl" hit the cutting-room floor)—High Time's high point—and proves once and for all he's the big man on campus with a valedictory speech that's as cheerily implausible as the rest of the movie. Consider us schooled in pre-cynical campus high times; by the end of the decade, such an innocent tale of finding oneself in college would be unthinkable.


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Valley Fever is Quickly Spreading
A silent epidemic is spreading throughout the Southwestern United States.
Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is a fungal disease which takes flight with the wind and can be inhaled into the lungs and spread throughout the body. The disease has been known to spread in the bones, skin, eyes or even the brain.
The disease is most commonly spread throughout California and Arizona, but has been found all over the southwest. The disease is named after the San Joaquin Valley, where it is most commonly found. A judge ordered 2,600 inmates to transfer out of the area because it is so high risk.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that anyone can get this disease if you have traveled throughout California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
PBS states that valley fever is not contagious, but symptoms of the disease are common to symptoms of the flu.
Symptoms include:
- Fever
- Cough
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Joint pain
If you are showing symptoms of valley fever, contact your local health provider immediately. Anyone can get this disease so be aware of your health, especially if you are traveling or live in the southwest.


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Kindness out of nowhere
Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 5, 2013
KANNAPOLIS — The longer 8-year-old Riley Brown sat in his wheelchair Friday evening at the Stag 'n' Doe restaurant in China Grove, the more frustrated he became.
The reception on his parents' iPhone wasn't good, and the "Mighty Machines" movie he constantly watches on Netflix wasn't streaming in. He began hitting the table out of frustration and was beginning to disturb other diners around him.
Riley doesn't speak, but he can make some noise. His development has been severely hampered by epilepsy, something he has lived with since he was 18 months old.
"Let me take him out to the car," Riley's mother, Ashley England, finally told her husband, Jason. "I'll deal with him out there and feed him when we get home."
Moments later, as the family's food came to the table, a teary-eyed waitress came in behind the delivery and explained someone had paid for their meals. She also handed Ashley a note.
Written on a guest check in three simple lines, the message said:
God only gives
special children
to special people.
"I broke down, right there," Ashley says. "Once she handed me that, just reading that … the kindness of him or her. They had no idea what we've been through the past whole month."
Later in the evening, Ashley posted on social media what had happened at the restaurant and linked it to WBTV, in hopes that it might reach the person who had been so thoughtful.
She added her own message: "Dear stranger, thank you for giving me a blessing tonight in a way you will never know."
The television station reported on the story, and things went viral. It's quite possible now that millions have heard of the stranger with a big heart for special needs children and their families.
Television stations across the country, including Hawaii, picked up the story, as well as CNN, AOL, The Blaze, Huffington Post, Nashville News and the Daily Mail in England.
"It's a shock," Ashley England says. "I got a call today that it was on the Yahoo home page."
She and Jason can't be more appreciative for the many positive comments on all the stories, she says, and what it has meant to other parents with special needs children.
Ashley refers to the stranger as "the angel."
"I hope the angel has seen how much of an impact he had made on our life, as well as thousands more around the world," she says.
To understand why Ashley broke down after the stranger's simple gesture, you have to know what Riley and the family have been through.
Ashley had a normal pregnancy with Riley, and he was a typical infant during his first 18 months. He learned to walk by 10 months, and Ashley considered him advanced in other areas. She remembers him saying at least five words, including "Mama" and "Daddy."
But two days after he received his 18-month shots, Riley had his first seizure and was diagnosed with severe intractable epilepsy. As the seizures progressed, Riley experienced developmental delays.
Meanwhile, Ashley and Riley's doctors tried everything with medications, herbal supplements and a Ketogenic diet.
By the time he was 4, Riley had his first brain surgery. He had regressed so much that developmental tests put him at the level of a two-month-old.
At an Alabama children's hospital, doctors performed a surgery called a corpus callosotomy in which the right and left sides of his brain were separated. The operation seemed to help for a time, and Riley regained some of his lost abilities and learned new skills.
But within 10 months, the seizures returned, and doctors performed a second operation in Alabama last October to remove the spot in the brain that was generating the seizures.
The days were made more difficult for Ashley because Jason, her husband of five years and Riley's adoptive dad, had to be in Japan as part of his Air Force contract job for Lockheed Martin.
Riley hasn't had a seizure since. "He has come so far," Ashley says.
Riley's severe epilepsy has led, of course, to setbacks in his development. He's not diagnosed as autistic, but that's the best way to describe his behavior, Ashley says.
The month leading up to last Friday's dinner out had been difficult. Riley's getting bigger, stronger and quicker, and he seemed to be testing his mother this summer. More and more, he was tearing things up, beating the walls, ripping down blinds, beating on the television and hitting his mother.
Ashley has described him as a "walking recipe for devastation," and out in public," strangers often view him as an undisciplined kid, ill-tempered and acting out.
Ashley has tried different disciplinary approaches, but overall it's rough on the 28-year-old mother, who also has a 4-year-old son, Logan.
Jason England is gone on his contract work most of the week, essentially leaving Ashley to be a single mom for long stretches.
"There have been days when all I've done is sit and cry," she says. "That note showed up at such a perfect time."
Only recently, Jason and Ashley England took their boys to a local mall to shop for school supplies when Riley apparently became overstimulated and started screaming.
"We walked into one store and he couldn't take it, so we had to leave immediately," Ashley says.
Ashley works at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Riley attends a special needs class at Forest Park School. He has two angel caregivers at the school, including "Miss Brenda," who has been with him since pre-school and even was in Alabama when Riley had his first brain surgery. Since May, "Miss Morgan" has been Riley's other blessing at the school.
The Englands are working with the non-profit organization 4 Paws for Ability Inc. to secure a service dog for Riley. A trained service dog, which costs $22,000, could be an extra set of eyes and ears for the parents, keeping Riley from chasing emergency vehicles, for example, or preventing him from wandering off, as he likes to do.
A dog might also change the public perception of Riley. The way Ashley explains it is other children would no longer see a boy with disabilities, rather they would see a friend with a dog.
The Englands have to raise $13,000 of the $22,000 cost of a dog. So far, they've reached $6,000, Ashley says.
So now you know a little background on the boy pitching a fit at the Stag 'n' Doe last Friday night.
All it took was a stranger's kindness — and one simple sentence.
Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263, or email@example.com. If you want to make a contribution toward Riley Brown's service dog, visit the 4 Paws for Ability website and look for the donation page. Or checks can be made out to 4 Paws for Ability, in honor of Riley Brown, and sent to 253 Dayton Ave., Xenia, Ohio 45385. There also is a Facebook group page, "Little Man's Fans against Epilepsy," which supports his fight.


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Throughput Testing
You may find our throughput/bandwidth testing tool on our Network Engineering site. This tool will measure the maximum throughput from us to you and display a graphical comparison to various common connection types.
Please note that the results of this test depend on all of the routers between our network and yours, and are largely outside of our control. They may also vary at different times of the day or when intermediate routing is altered. You can see the current route from us to you by using our traceroute tool.


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Jet, the online retailer bought by Walmart last year, has struck a deal with smart access provider Latch in an effort to make deliveries easier for its customers in urban areas.
Over 100,000 residents living in 1,000 buildings will get free and full access to Latch's residential "R" system for the exterior door of their building, with the install paid for by a "joint investment" from Jet and Latch.
This means residents can use their phone as a key, grant access to guests without walking downstairs and of course get packages delivered safely without being home. Building managers can also use Latch's system to grant access to trusted delivery providers like USPS at their discretion, but all of these 1,000 units will already be set up to provide access to Jet's delivery partners.
To be clear, this is a marketing partnership and not an operational one. There won't be any significant integrations with Jet's backend, besides the startup knowing if you live in a Latch building and prompting you to take advantage of this by ordering things that typically require a doorman or smart access system, like fresh groceries.
But, at least it's a marketing partnership that provides a tangible benefit to a lot of New Yorkers.
This partnership is also a sign that Jet is taking its focus on metro and urban areas seriously. If Walmart's cracked the code on mastering retail in rural areas, Jet wants to impress its big brother and show them it can do the same thing in big cities.
And as anyone that lives in a city knows, if you don't have a doorman or smart access system it's basically impossible to receive packages to your house.
So this 1,000 building install should be a good test to see what exactly urban shoppers need to start ordering more. If it's just a system like Latch that lets their deliveries make it inside and to their door while they are at work, great. But Jet is likely (at least internally) looking into other solutions to crack the code of urban delivery, like on-demand orders with small delivery windows or even offsite storage like Amazon tried with its Locker product.
Regardless of what Jet learns from this program, the residents who are getting free Latch installs are probably pretty happy about it.


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If you have any other questions or concerns on the winter hours, please contact Nick Bishop or 952-548-6330.
The Depot and its partners' goal is to be financially solvent. The new operating model will be evaluated on an ongoing basis.
The Depot's primary mission is to provide a chemical free environment for student and youth in the Hopkins community. The facility will be open Thursday and Friday nights to serve its mission.
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Separate cougar attacks in which two children were injured are among the human-wildlife encounters described in Thursday's seasonal update from the BC Conservation Officer Service.
A cougar attacked a nine-year-old boy as he was playing in a creek with two other children on Aug. 12 near Christina Lake in the West Kootenay, deputy chief Chris Doyle said in a phone call with the media on Thursday.
The boy received minor injuries.
The conservation officers deployed tracking hounds, but the cougar managed to evade them in the steep terrain and hot weather.
Four days later, a four-year-old boy was attacked by a cougar in the Lower Morrissey Creek area, west of Fernie in the East Kootenay, while fishing with his family.
The father kicked the cougar off the son and threw rocks at it, Doyle said, but the animal continued to stalk the family as they retreated to their car. The boy was treated in hospital.
Again, the conservation officer sent out tracking hounds and set up traps, but were unable to find the cougar.
Radium Resort had to pay a total fine of $200,000 for violations under the Environmental Management Act, after staff had burned a pile of construction debris in February 2016 that in turn set fire to demolition waste from the Radium Resort Hotel.
The fire sent smoke and odour through the community of Radium Hot Springs, even promoting an air quality advisory from Interior Health. It took crews days to extinguish the flames.
The company pleaded guilty earlier this month in provincial court in Invermere.
On Vancouver Island, a dog walker was "run over" by a bear when the animal got into a scuffle with an off-leash dog at Matheson Park in Metchosin near Victoria.
"One of the dog walkers was caught in the middle, receiving minor injuries," Doyle said.
"Many conflicts with bears are caused by off-leash dogs, so we're reminding owners to control their pets, especially when in bear country."
A Great Blue Heron, which is protected under both provincial and federal legislation, was recently shot in Vancouver. It's also illegal to discharge a firearm within the Vancouver city limits. The investigation continues.
And in Mission, the driver of a Jeep was charged for causing damage to the environment after she "deliberately" drove into the foreshore of Stave Lake. All drivers of ATVs and other 4&4 vehicles are reminded to stick to marked trails.
Long weekend reminder
Bears will be getting hungry heading into the fall, Doyle said, and looking to pack on as many pounds as possible before hibernation.
He reminded the public to remove or block any bear attractants, such as unpicked tree fruit or, if you're out camping, any food or garbage. You could be charged if you're found to have been negligently storing attractants, he said.
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Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features technologies related to color, such as pigments, films and colorants for skin and hair care.
Solid pigment preparations containing water-soluble anionic surface-active additives that comprise carboxylate groups
US Patent 8124672
Publication date: Feb. 28, 2012
Assignee: BASF AG
Disclosed in this patent are solid pigment preparations having advantageous application properties, especially high color strength and particularly good dispersibility in a wide variety of application media. These preparations contain, as essential components: a) 60% to 95% w/w of at least one pigment; b) 5% to 40% w/w of at least one water-soluble anionic surface-active additive from the group of homopolymers and copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and/or ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids—which can additionally contain monopolymerized vinyl monomers having no acid function, the alkoxylation products of said homopolymers and copolymers, and the salts of said homopolymers and copolymers and the alkoxylation products thereof; and c) 0% to 20% w/w of at least one nonionic surface-active polyether-based additive. Also disclosed are methods for the production thereof and for dyeing macromolecular organic and inorganic materials.
Long-wearing cosmetic composition
US Patent 8128919
Publication date: March 6, 2012
Assignee: Avon Products Inc.
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for the application of color such as in a foundation, lip gloss, lip stick, mascara, eye shadow, blush and nail polish. The disclosed composition includes a film-forming, silicone-containing polyurethane having a viscosity from about 130,000 cps to 2,500,000 cps, preferably from 400,000 cps to 2,500,000 cps and most preferably from 750,000 cps to 2,500,000 cps. According to the inventors, it was surprisingly found that the film-forming silicone-containing polyurethane of the described viscosity provided long-lasting film-forming and non-transfer properties when applied as a cosmetic composition.
Method for separating carotenoids
US Patent Application 20120059192
Publication date: March 8, 2012
Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
According to this patent, carotenoids are natural pigments that are useful as food additives, cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceutical agents and the like. Examples of carotenoids include astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, β-carotene, phoenicoxanthin, adonixanthin, echinenone, asteroidenone and 3-hydroxyechinenone. The present invention describes a method for collecting a carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium at high yield. Specifically, described is a method comprising a step of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions and collecting the carotenoid from the obtained precipitate.
Radiation diffraction colorants
US Patent 8133938
Publication date: March 13, 2012
Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
This invention relates to Bragg diffracting colorants produced from core-shell particles. There is a need for durable goniochromatic materials that can be produced in particulate form and that are suitable for use as colorants with minimal haze. Thus, a radiation diffraction material comprising an ordered periodic array of particles held in a polymeric matrix is disclosed wherein the particles each comprise a core surrounded by a shell of a non film-forming composition that is different from the matrix. Methods for using the material are also disclosed.
The special effect colorants of the present invention can be used in a wide variety of coating compositions, such as paints, inks, nail polish and other cosmetics. These include waterborne and solvent-borne liquid coating compositions, powder coating compositions, powder slurry compositions and electrodeposition compositions. They can be used in clear coatings or added to other pigments and/or dyes in colored coatings. Compatibility of the colorants with a variety of polymer types has been observed.
Titanium dioxide particles coated via an atomic layer deposition process
US Patent 8133531
Publication date: March 13, 2012
Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado
This invention relates to titanium dioxide particles coated first with an interstitial coating and then with silicon dioxide or alumina. The coatings are suitably applied via an atomic layer deposition process. The interstitial coating preserves the bright white coloration of the particles after they are coated. The particles therefore can be used as pigments and white fillers in polymers, paints, paper and other applications.
Fluorescent cosmetic composition
US Patent 8133508
Publication date: March 13, 2012
Assignee: L'Oréal Paris
According to this patent, fluorescent pigments or colorants are important to the cosmetics industry. They can produce brilliant, very lively colors that cannot be produced with conventional coloring substances. When they do not absorb in the visible region, they can also lighten and significantly enhance the reflectance of substrates onto which they are deposited, such as the skin and hair. The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition containing fluorescent particles comprising molecules of at least one fluorescent organic compound trapped inside a matrix at least partially formed by at least one metal oxide, with said composition comprising less than 100 mg/l of said fluorescent organic compound or compounds dissolved in a liquid phase of the medium. The composition may be applied to keratinous substances, for example the skin, hair, lips, nails or eyelashes.
Cosmetic nanocomposites based on in-situ cross-linked POSS materials for long wear
US Patent 8133478
Publication date: March 13, 2012
Assignee: Avon Products Inc.
Disclosed herein is a cosmetic composition for caring for and/or making up the skin, lips and/or body in the form of a film that is non-transferable, long-lasting with a comfortable feeling for long wear. The composition contains graftable polyhedral oligo silsequioxanes (POSS), which forms a film when it cures in situ. The invention also relates to using such film for preparing a cosmetic composition and a makeup process and makeup kit comprising the product.
Personal care compositions for coloring hair
US Patent 8133285
Publication date: March 13, 2012
Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Technology LLC; and Rohm and Haas Company
Described by this invention are hair colorant compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion of an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, and optionally a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin, and methods of reducing hair damage from hair colorants.


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Many types of trees within our city are protected and cannot be removed without a permit. It pays to check first. A fine can be assessed for removing a protected tree without a permit. Unless specifically listed as an "unprotected tree", any tree that has a diameter of six inches or more is protected and may not be removed except as provided in Section 34-425 of the Land Development Code (PDF). To remove a protected tree, please submit a Tree Removal Application (PDF) to our department for review. If the proposed tree meets the criteria for removal, a tree removal permit will be issued accordingly.
Only boats less than 20 feet can be parked in a driveway. Hauling trailers, travel trailers, RV campers, commercial vehicles and boat's over 20 feet must be stored behind the front yard setback. (LDC Section 34-402)
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Grasses, weeds and other untended growth can not be in excess of 10 inches. (Section 19-2)
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Shane MacDougall
Tactical Intelligence
Shane MacDougall is a two-time winner of the Defcon Social Engineering Capture The Flag, and has placed in the top three of the attack portion in every year of the contest's existence. He is a principal partner in Tactical Intelligence, a boutique InfoSec consulting firm in Canada that specializes in social engineering, corporate information gathering, and red team attacks. Mr. MacDougall started in the computer security field in 1989 as a penetration tester with KPMG, and worked on the attack side of the field until 2002, when he joined ID Analytics, the world's largest anti-identity theft detection company as the head of information security. In 2011 he left the firm to start his own company. Mr. MacDougall has presented at several security conferences, including BlackHat EU, BSides Las Vegas, DerbyCon, LASCON, and ToorCon. He is currently doing research in the areas of integrating near-realtime OSINT into IDS/SIEM, as well as the generation of a realtime pre-text generator.


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7 Sexy Eye Makeup Looks to Try NowIf the only eye makeup look in your repertoire is a smoky one, keep reading -- there are plenty of other sexy, trendier, and super-easy looks to try this spring |
Backstage at the Spring 2012 Alice & Olivia presentation she created the look with a teal shade and then topped it off with lots of lashes. To get the glossy effect she wanted, she painted Stila Sparkle Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Electric, $22, all over the lid.
SEE NEXT PAGE: A swatch of color
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Love false lashes but who has the time. Just like below post i could never go without makeup for an evening out.
by Dee Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 07:20PM Report as inappropriate
Most of these are evening looks.
by purple9a Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 08:31PM Report as inappropriate
Metallic eye shadow is pretty; I wish I had thicker brows. Go WITHOUT eye makeup? Not me!
by GigiSD Friday, April 12, 2013 at 09:51PM Report as inappropriate
I love the red eye shadow, and you can never have enough lashes, but they need to be neat. The girl in the pic with the false lashes look clumpy, 'like her lashes looked good the night before and she woke up with a hang over and clumpy lashes that needs to be refreshed
by miranda_lovelace Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 01:06PM Report as inappropriate
I love this look
by lindsey_marie_miller Monday, January 28, 2013 at 09:14PM Report as inappropriate
Layers of lashes looks very pretty. This past month Ive been going all nude in my face as in no makeup and the little stubborn blemishes I cant get rid of have dissapeared so I really like that
by konfidential Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:57PM Report as inappropriate
Most of these are for the daring.
by inthemiddles Friday, January 18, 2013 at 06:05PM Report as inappropriate
ombre eyes could be cool....
by Chris213 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 07:55PM Report as inappropriate
Layered lashes... might have to give that a try, sorta 60s glam.
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Dear Crabby,
Every time I use my wife's car, it is not only out of gas, but also out of windshield washer fluid. Is it her responsibility to take care of this, or as the man of the house, am I supposed to do it for her?
Guy Chivalry
Dear Mr. Chivalry,
You couldn't have hit the nerve more directly if you tried! I have steamed about that for years. Mrs. Crabby is quite a bit shorter than me and I can't tell you how many times I have jumped into my car after she has used it, only to whack my head on the roof and then hit my knee on the steering wheel because she has moved the seat all the way forward. After I finally get the seat moved off the dashboard and back in place, I try to back out and realize every mirror has been moved as well. Once all the mechanicals are back in place and I think I'm all set, I find that Celine Dion and Neil Diamond have taken the place of my usual talk radio! I would change it, but the strong smell of hairspray makes my eyes water so much I can barely see the knobs. Fortunately, the scent of hairspray is quickly replaced with the smell of coffee as mine is dumped on the floor as I pull out. It turns out that my cup holders are the perfect place for her to stash her extra supply of Kleenex! Once my vehicle is back to normal, I usually discover that the gas tank is almost empty. So, I stop and take care of that too. But you know what? It gives me something to do and I feel like taking care of the car is my duty anyway. The good Lord knows that I am of no use in the kitchen, and I certainly am not very handy when it comes to cleaning the house either. So as long as I can maintain the car and handle the outside of the house, that little woman does a great job handling the rest. And I know it may be hard for you to imagine, but believe me when I tell you that I am not always a picking-up-after-myself kind of guy. If we asked her, I am guessing Mrs. Crabby may have a complaint or ten about me and my domestic habits as well. Anyway, it's about learning to adapt and fill your role. Try to loosen up, and expect to have the same chores each time you get back in your car; it will all work out fine. Good luck, and let me know how it goes.
Sincerely, Dear Crabby
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IPFS News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
Gingrich and Reagan
• www.nationalreview.comIn the increasingly rough Republican campaign, no candidate has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan more often than Newt Gingrich. "I worked with President Reagan to change things in Washington," "we helped defeat the Soviet empire," and "I helped lead the effort to defeat Communism in the Congress" are typical claims by the former speaker of the House.
The claims are misleading at best. As a new member of Congress in the Reagan years — and I was an assistant secretary of state — Mr. Gingrich voted with the president regularly, but equally often spewed insulting rhetoric at Reagan, his top aides, and his policies to defeat Communism. Gingrich was voluble and certain in predicting that Reagan's policies would fail, and in all of this he was dead wrong.
The fights over Reagan's efforts to stop Soviet expansionism in the Third World were exceptionally bitter. The battlegrounds ranged from Angola and Grenada to Afghanistan and Central America. Reagan's top team — William Casey at CIA, Cap Weinberger at DOD, and George Shultz at State — understood as he did that if Soviet expansionism could be dealt some tough blows, not only the Soviet empire but the USSR itself would face a political, technological, and financial challenge it could not meet. Few officials besides Ronald Reagan predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union entirely, but every one of us in positions of authority understood the importance of this struggle.


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Child of Light review
What happens when the minds behind Far Cry 3 make a JRPG? Child of Light, that's what
Ubisoft Montreal might have made its name with Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed games, but its latest effort is the polar opposite – a pretty 2D fairytale adventure.
The heroine is Aurora, an Austrian princess whose soul has been transported to the magical kingdom of Lemuria. Woe has befallen this fantastical world ever since the Black Queen stole the sun, the moon and the stars, and if Aurora is to ever get back to the land of apple strudel and Mozart, she has to save the kingdom. So Aurora sets out on a role-playing adventure through this mythical world, recruiting companions along the way as she seeks to return the sun, moon and stars to the skies.
Eye candy
The visuals are the most striking thing about Child of Light. It uses the same tech as Rayman Legends to render Lemuria in soft watercolours and the result is as imaginative as it is beautiful.
The backdrops are further brought to life with gusts of winds and shadowy creatures moving along the horizon, but while the world itself is stunning, the characters and enemies roaming Lemuria are more simplistic, although Aurora's swishing red hair gives her plenty of personality.
Rhymes and more rhymes
In keeping with the fairytale vibe and the team's desire to create a game parents and their children can play together, the story has been written so that it rhymes. That starts out charming but the constant stream of moon-spoon and stairs-airs couplets soon grates.
It's not just about personal taste, though – the rhyming also warps the dialogue so that it's often a bit vague vague and leaves you with little idea as to what you're supposed to do next.
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Explore Lemuria
For the most part travelling around Lemuria's 2D world is largely about getting from A to B, but the sprawling kingdom has plenty of hidden surprises and treasures for those prepared to look.
There are a few puzzles, too, most of which are solved with the help of Aurora's firefly companion, which can be controlled by a second player and used to heal characters or blind enemies. But the core of the game is battling the beasts that roam the land.
Action battles
Those battles are an appealing refinement of Final Fantasy's active battle system. The bar at the bottom of the screen is key. Icons of each combatant race along it and when they reach the red zone that character can choose an action such as attack or use magic. Some actions are slower to perform than others and if a character gets hit before reaching the zone's end the action fails. This makes for engaging clashes in which you're always weighing up whether that slow-to-cast spell is worth the gamble.
RPG Lite
In keeping with its goal of being a game that parents and their children can enjoy together, Child of Light isn't particularly challenging. Level ups rain down like wedding confetti and it's possible to get to the end without being defeated once in battle.
That won't please the RPG hardcore who will probably also be offended by the shallowness of the skill trees and crafting. Most of the skill upgrades are minor stat increases and the crafting of gems to enhance weapons feels half-hearted as if it's only here because it's expected in a RPG. Those less concerned with the usual RPG stat juggling won't care.
Looking for a more grown-up RPG? Check out our Dark Souls II review
Child of Light verdict
Child of Light is gorgeous and the battle system is the game design equivalent of fine art, but the goal of creating a game parents and children can play together means that those looking for more RPG depth will be a bit disappointed.
The rhyming dialogue is also very much an acquired taste, probably one that only Care Bears possess.
Nonetheless, the option of putting a second player in charge of Aurora's firefly makes this a great game for parents and kids to play together.
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Stuff Says…
Child of Light is a visual treat with sublime battling – but be aware that it's aimed at a younger audience
Good Stuff
The sublime battle system
Beautiful watercolour visuals
Kid-friendly two-player mode
Bad Stuff
Enough with the rhyming story already
Unexciting character development and crafting
Lack of challenge for RPG veterans


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Monday, June 16, 2014 | 2:32 p.m.
WENDOVER, Utah — For a second time, federal land managers have rejected a mineral exploration company's proposal to prospect for potash on a section of the western Utah desert crossed by the ill-fated Donner Party in 1846.
The Bureau of Land Management nixed an effort by Mesa Exploration Corp., which seeks to create a potash mine on a dry lakebed near the Nevada line about 20 miles north of Wendover.
The BLM denied a prospecting permit to Mesa Exploration last year, and the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company appealed that decision to the Interior Board of Land Appeals.
Mesa Exploration submitted a new proposal aimed at settling the dispute four weeks ago, and the appeal is still pending after the BLM's latest rejection of the plan.
Historians praised the BLM's decision, saying unspoiled sections of historic trail traversed by covered-wagon pioneers in the West are rare and must be preserved.
"It's exactly what someone would have seen in 1846," Utah historian Will Bagley told the Deseret News. "And there aren't many places left like that."
T. Michael Smith, an archaeologist and past president of the Utah chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association, agreed.
"We need, in the mix of life, to preserve some space for special places," he said. "And this is one of those."
An estimated 1,000 emigrants crossed the waterless section of the Hastings Cutoff across Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert en route to California, Smith said.
It helps to get out to such remote, desolate areas to appreciate what the earlier travelers faced, Bagley said.
Mesa Exploration wants to drill the Pilot Valley playa to determine if there's enough potash to make mining feasible. Potash is used for fertilizer.
"We think there is enough that we are interested in going out and testing it out and finding out," said J. Wallace Gwynn, a consulting geologist for Mesa Exploration.
Such a mine could bring 20 to 50 jobs to the Wendover area, according to Emily Carter, mayor of West Wendover, Nevada.
After crossing Nevada, many of the 86 members of the Donner Party starved to death and others resorted to cannibalism to survive when stranded in the Sierra Nevada about 30 miles west of Reno, Nevada, in the winter of 1846-47.


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Goods worth $400K stolen from Venus Williams' Florida home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Burglars hit tennis star Venus Williams' Florida home, stealing $400,000 worth of goods while she was at the U.S. Open, police said Thursday.
The burglary happened between Sept. 1 and 5 at Williams' 10,000-square-foot (1,000-square-meter) home, which is in a well-to-do gated community, Palm Beach Gardens police said in a statement. Police blacked out from their report what was stolen. No arrests have been made.
Palm Beach County property records show Williams and her sister Serena bought the home new in 2000. It is now valued at $2.3 million.
Venus Williams' agent, Carlos Fleming, did not respond to an email seeking comment. The burglary was first reported by WPEC-TV.
This is the second time in five months Palm Beach Gardens police did not publicly release information about an incident involving Williams until it was reported by a news outlet.
In June, Williams was involved in a traffic accident near her home that killed a passenger in the other car. Police have said the accident investigation remains open, and she is being sued by the dead man's estate. Palm Beach Gardens police did not issue a news release or the accident report until the website TMZ published a story three weeks after the crash.
Maj. Eduardo Guillen said it is not the department's practice to issue news releases about major crimes and fatal traffic accidents involving its residents, something other departments in Florida and nationally do routinely.
"The department is not in the business of randomly releasing information on cases. Ms. Williams is a private citizen within our community and she will be extended the same privacy all our citizens expect," Guillen said in an email to The Associated Press.
The suburb of about 54,000 residents is mostly middle class, but has wealthy enclaves.
Williams, 37, has had one of her best recent years on the court, finishing second at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open and reaching the semi-finals at the U.S. Open.
Williams has seven career Grand Slam titles and career on-court earnings of nearly $40 million. She has her own clothing line and endorsement deals with Ralph Lauren, Kraft foods, Tide detergent and Wilson sporting goods. She also owns a small percentage of the Miami Dolphins.


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Noam Chomsky on War & PeacePolitical Activist | |
A: Things began to heat up again in the early 1960s. By the time the beginnings of the Vietnam War were coming along, it was just impossible not to become involved.
Q: And during those early years, what was the response to the work that you were doing?
A: Mostly it was total incomprehension. Through the early 1960s, you couldn't get anybody to sign a petition. By 1965 or 1966, Vietnam was becoming a big issue. But protests were met with extreme hostility. Take Boston, right here. This is a pretty liberal city, but we couldn't have public protests against the war. They would be violently broken up. The speakers would be saved from being murdered only by hundreds of state police. And the attack on the protesters would be praised in the liberal media. It was considered right. It wasn't until late 1966 that there was enough of a change for you to see substantial public opposition.
A: The bombing of Serbia was called a "humanitarian intervention", by no means a novel usage. That was a standard description of European imperialist ventures in the 19th century. To cite some more recent examples, the major recent scholarly work on "humanitarian intervention" in the immediate pre-WWII period: Japan's invasion of Manchuria, Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia, and Hitler's takeover of the Sudetenland. The author is not suggesting that the term is apt; rather, that the crimes were masked as "humanitarian."
Whether the Kosovo intervention indeed was "humanitarian," possibly the first such case in history, is a matter of fact: passionate declaration does not suffice, if only because virtually every use of force is justified in these terms. It is quite extraordinary how weak the arguments are to justify the claim of humanitarian intent in the Kosovo case; more accurately, they scarcely exist.
A: This attack was surely an enormous shock and surprise to the intelligence services of the West, including those of the US. The CIA did have a role, a major one in fact, but that was in the 1980s, when it joined Pakistani intelligence and others (Saudi Arabia, Britain, etc.) in recruiting, training, and arming the most extreme Islamic fundamentalists it could find to fight a "Holy War" against the Russian invaders of Afghanistan.
There is now, predictably, an effort under way to clean up the record and pretend that the US was an innocent bystander. After that war was over, the "Afghans" (many, like bin Laden, not Afghans), turned their attention elsewhere: for example, to Chechnya and Bosnia, where they may have received at least tacit US support. Not surprisingly, they were welcomed by the governments; in Bosnia, many Islamic volunteers were granted citizenship in gratitude for their military services.
That is the course one follows if the intention is to reduce the probability of further atrocities. There is another course: react with extreme violence, and expect to escalate the cycle of violence, leading to still further atrocities such as the one that is inciting the call for revenge. The dynamic is very familiar
Terrorism, according to the official definitions, is simply part of state action, official doctrine, and not just that of the US, of course. It is not, as is often claimed, "the weapon of the weak."
Furthermore, all of these things should be well known. It's shameful that they're not. These are things people need to know if they want to understand anything about themselves. They are known by the victims, of course, but the perpetrators prefer to look elsewhere.
A: Bin Laden and others like him are praying for �a great assault on Muslim states,� which will cause �fanatics to flock to his cause.� The escalating cycle of violence is typically welcomed by the harshest and most brutal elements on both sides.
The initial response was to call for intensifying the policies that led to the terrorist attack: increased militarization, domestic regimentation, attack on social programs. Terror attacks, and the escalating cycle of violence they often engender, tend to reinforce the authority and prestige of the most harsh and repressive elements of a society.
If the rich and powerful choose to keep to their traditions of hundreds of years and resort to extreme violence, they will contribute to the escalation of a cycle of violence. Of course, that is by no means inevitable. An aroused public within the more free & democratic societies can direct policies towards a much more humane and honorable course.
Right into the late 1960s, the US blocked all attempts at political settlement of the conflict, even those advanced by Saigon generals. If there were a political settlement, there might be progress toward successful development outside our influence-an unacceptable outcome.
The US did achieve its major objective in Indochina. Our basic goal was to destroy the virus.
It�s all predictable. A tyrant crosses the line from friend to villain when he commits the crime of independence. One mistake is to go beyond robbing the poor and to start interfering with the privileged. By the mid-1980s, Noriega was guilty of these crimes. He seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the US in the contra war. His independence also threatened our interests in the Panama Canal. Since we could no longer trust Noriega to do our bidding, he had to go.
The peace process is restricted to US initiatives, which call for a unilateral US-determined settlement with no recognition of Palestinian rights. That�s the way it works.
It is important not to overlook the fact that the US-Israel operate is tandem. Israel relies crucially on US military, economic, diplomatic, and ideological support. It will proceed as far as the US allows. Its criminal actions are US crimes.
In response to the unfortunate free elections of Jan. 2006, US-Israeli punishment of the people of Gaza is sharply increased, peaking with many killing in early June.
If Obama were at all serious about opposing settlement expansions, he could easily proceed with concrete measures, for example, by reducing US aid by the amount devoted to this purpose That would hardly be a radical or courageous move. The Bush I administration did so (reducing loan guarantees), but after the Oslo accord in 1993, Pres. Clinton left calculations to the government of Israel. Unsurprisingly, there was no change in the expenditures flowing to the settlements.
An Obama administration official informed the press that the Bush I measures are "not under discussion," and the pressures will be "largely symbolic." In short, Obama understands, just as Clinton and Bush II did
In Iraq, the dilemma of combining a measure of independence with firm control arose in a stark form not long after the invasion, as mass nonviolent resistance compelled the invaders to accept far more Iraqi initiative than they had anticipated. The outcome evoked the nightmarish prospect of a more or less democratic and sovereign Iraq taking its place in a loose Shiite alliance comprising Iran, Shiite Iraq, and possibly the nearby Shiite-dominated regions of Saudi Arabia, controlling most of the world's oil and independent of Washington.
Accordingly, as the new strategy was announced, the war drums began to beat to rouse public enthusiasm for an attack on Iraq. The target of preventive war must have several characteristics:
Iran is a neighbor and victim of U.S.-backed Iraqi aggression and chemical warfare, and could claim, not implausibly, that its invasion would have some local support; the United States and Britain can make no such claim.
Such Iranian actions, if imaginable, would never be tolerated, but would be far less outrageous than the plans of the self appointed enforcers. It is hard to imagine such elementary observations entering public discussion in the United States and Britain.
In a bitter condemnation of the sanctions (January 20, 1998), 54 Catholic Bishops quoted the Archbishop of the southern region of Iraq, who reports that �epidemics rage, taking away infants and the sick by the thousands.�
The United States and Britain have taken the lead in blocking aid programs--for example, delaying approval for ambulances on the grounds that they could be used to transport troops, barring insecticides to prevent spread of disease and spare parts for sanitation systems.
Then for the next 26 years it was good. The Shah compiled one of the worst human rights records in the world. President Carter particularly admired the Shah. Just a couple of months before he was overthrown, he said how impressed he was by the Shah's "progressive administration," and so on.
In 1979, Iran became evil again. They pulled out of the imperial system. And since then they have been evil. They haven't been following orders.
There is a reason for that. If there is any element of democracy in the new regime, the population will have some voice in what is happening. That is what the democracy is. But the problem is that the majority of the population is Shiite, which means that to the extent that the majority of the population has any voice, it is going to move toward relations with Iran, which is the last thing the US government wants. Furthermore, the Kurds in the northern part of Iraq, who are another big part of the population, are on a quest for some kind of autonomy, and Turkey will go berserk if that happens, as will the US.
A: When a federal building was blown up in Oklahoma City, there were calls for bombing the Middle East, and it probably would have happened if the source turned out to be there. When it was found to be domestic, with links to the ultra-right militias, there was no call to obliterate Montana and Idaho. Rather, there was a search for the perpetrator, who was found, brought to court, and sentenced, and there were efforts to understand the grievances that lie behind such crimes and to address the problems. Just about every crime--whether a robbery in the streets or colossal atrocities--has reasons, and commonly we find that some of them are serious and should be addressed.
"Blowback" from the radical Islamic forces organized, armed, and trained by the US, Egypt, France, Pakistan, and others began almost at once, with the 1981 assassination of President Sadat of Egypt.
A: The attacks are not "consequences" of US policies in any direct sense. But indirectly, of course there are consequences. There seems little doubt that the perpetrator come from the terrorist network that has its roots in the mercenary armies that were organized, trained, and armed by the CIA, Egypt, Pakistan, French intelligence, Saudi Arabian funding, and others. The backgrounds of all of this remain somewhat murky.
The US, along with its allies, assembled a huge mercenary army, maybe 100,000 or more, and they drew from the most militant sectors they could find, which happened to be radical Islamists, what are called here Islamic fundamentalists, from all over, most of them not from Afghanistan. They're called "Afghanis," but like bin Laden, many come from elsewhere.
Bin Laden joined sometime in the 1980s. He was involved in the funding networks. They fought a holy war against the Russian occupiers.
A: To answer your question a sensible person would try to ascertain Bin Laden�s views, and the sentiments of the large reservoir of supporters he has throughout the region. Bin Laden became a militant Islamic leader in the war to drive the Russians out of Afghanistan. He was one of the many religious fundamentalist extremists recruited, armed, and financed by the CIA and their allies in Pakistani intelligence to cause maximal harm to the Russians-quite possibly delaying their withdrawal-though whether he personally happened to have direct contact with the CIA is unclear, and not particularly important. Not surprisingly, the CIA preferred the most fanatic and cruel fighters they could mobilize. The end result was to �destroy a moderate regime and create a fanatical one, from groups recklessly financed by the Americans� (according to London Times correspondent Simon Jenkins).
A: Bin Laden is bitterly opposed to the corrupt and repressive regimes of the region, which he regards as �un-Islamic,� including the Saudi Arabian regime, a close US ally since its origins. Bin Laden despises the US for its support of these regimes. Like others in the region, he is also outraged by long-standing US support for Israel�s brutal military occupation, now in its 35th year: And like others, he contrasts Washington�s dedicated support for these crimes with the decade-long US-British assault against the civilian population of Iraq, which has devastated the society and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths while strengthening Saddam Hussein. These sentiments are very widely shared, [even among] wealthy and privileged Muslims in the Gulf region. Among the great majority of people suffering deep poverty and oppression, similar sentiments are far more bitter, and are the source of the fury and despair that has led to suicide bombings.
There are legitimate ways to react to the many threats to world peace. If Iraq�s neighbors feel threatened, they can approach the Security Council to authorize appropriate measures to respond to the threat. If the US and Britain feel threatened, they can do the same. But no state has the authority to make its own determinations on these matters and to act as it chooses.
The US also reinforced its dominant position, and taught the lesson that the world is to be ruled by force. Washington proceeded to maintain �stability,� barring any threat of democratic change in the Gulf tyrannies and lending tacit support to Saddam Hussein as he crushed the popular uprising of the Shi�ites in the South.
Second, these same authorities proclaimed in a litany that the UN was now at last functioning as it was designed to. They claimed this was impossible before the end of the Cold War.
The US wasn�t upholding any high principle in the Gulf. The reason for the response to Saddam Hussein was because he stepped on the wrong toes. Hussein is a murderous gangster- exactly as he was before the war, when he was our friend and trading partner. His invasion of Kuwait was an atrocity, but well within the range of many similar crimes conducted by the US and allies and nowhere near as terrible as some.


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All about women's wetsuits and wetsuits for water skiing.
Gone are the days when women were given the opportunity to pass through the room. This generation of women likes to break all stereotypes. Today's girls love to go out and have fun without much thought. Hence, we can not call water skiing with male sport, right? Not true ?! Bingo. Women are also great in other sports. Whether it's skiing or triathlon, they wear it, as a hobby and a professional, both. So, here are some companies that help you turn your hobby into your passion. They offer wet clothes, wet suit triathlon, spring suits and more. You get settings in different ranges and fit your needs. Let's see what they offer in detail.
Women's Wear:
All about women's wetsuits and wetsuits for water skiing.
Wet suits are generally good for a number of water sports, be it water skiing or kite. You get the following types of wet clothing:
• Complete body suit: full body wet clothing is the part that covers all parts of your body. It makes you look smart and good. This is generally useful if you have sensitive skin or if you tend to be tanned.
• Corset wet setting: for diva mode, the corset rotates the head. You can show off your curves on the beach as before. They are easy to wear and really comfortable at the same time.
• Shorts and tees: keep it simple, keep it nice. Shorts and tees are the most common type you will find on the beach. Convenient and hassle free they turn your water skiing into too much fun.
• Wet zip rear leg: if you are a mess, this is the solution. The front zip limbs are easy to wear and open. So, change your clothes without hassle and enjoy your skiing time.
• Vests and harvests: You can also search for crops and vests if many clothes on the beach disturb you. Short and smart, they are perfect for a sea experience.
Women's spring setting:
Women's spring suits are known for their appearance and comfort. You get various types of spring coat.
• Full-length spring sprinkle suit: worried your hand becomes tanned? You can wear a full-arm spring suit that has different colors and designs.
• Short sleeve spring suit: short sleeves are great in summer. It keeps you cool and makes you look great.
• In addition you also get a zip suit and front corset with various colors and patterns.
Things to keep in mind when you're shopping for wet clothes:
Whenever you plan to buy wet clothes, do not blindly buy anything in the sun. It is important for you to know the following:
• Go for bright colors.: It does not matter whether you are young or old, skinny or big, the beach loves everyone. Go for bright colors that match the mood. Make everything blue or green. Neon colors look beautiful on the beach as well.
• Make the body friendly: do not wear something that does not fit. Try to buy a wet suit to suit you. Make sure you can move easily in your wet suit before continuing your workout.
• Value for money: make sure you buy something that will last. You must make sure that the purchase is feasible and you can use this setting correctly for a long time.All about women's wetsuits and wetsuits for water skiing.
Happy skiing.


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